Emilia David

Former Reporter

Universal Music sues AI company Anthropic for distributing song lyrics

Emilia DavidOct 19, 2023

The world’s biggest AI models aren’t very transparent, Stanford study says

Emilia DavidOct 18, 2023

Fugees’ Pras Michél says lawyer bungled his case by using AI to write arguments

Emilia DavidOct 18, 2023

Walmart releases responsible AI principles.

The retail juggernaut laid out six guidelines to follow: transparency, security, privacy, fairness, accountability, and customer-centricity.

Walmart, which has already rolled out generative AI tools for on-campus employees, signaled it is looking at using the technology for customer personalization. The guidelines don’t explicitly say what kind of AI projects the company has in mind or provide other details on how it will evaluate AI systems.

Our Responsible AI Pledge: Setting the Bar for Ethical AI

[corporate.walmart.com]

Emilia DavidOct 18, 2023

China accused of hacking. Again.

This time, the accusation comes from the so-called “five eyes,” aka the intelligence chiefs of the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. FBI director Christopher Wray said China is using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying activities and for proprietary information around quantum technology, AI, and robotics. China vehemently denied the accusation.

This isn’t the first time governments alleged China of stealing IP or hacking. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said Chinese state actors tried to steal research on the Covid vaccine.

Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China's 'theft' of intellectual property

[Reuters]

OpenAI’s flagship AI model has gotten more trustworthy but easier to trick

Emilia DavidOct 17, 2023

Baidu released the latest version of its ERNIE foundation model, along with a slew of new AI apps.

The company said during its Baidu World conference ERNIE 4.0 offers “drastically improved performance in understanding, generation, reasoning, and memory.” The latest version will be available to select users and to enterprise clients for testing.

Baidu also announced new apps powered by its foundation model. This includes a new search product that aggregates and summarizes information from different web sources, a generative AI business intelligence platform, and a workplace assistant.

百度智能云

[cloud.baidu.com]